Late night boolit casting...

[geargnasher]

I recently admitted in another thread to how I cast my boolits in college in the sweltering cauldron of Kingsville, TX, on the coast. Two AM, inside my travel trailer on the gas stove with the vent-hood going, wearing nothing but my skivvies, boots, a leather welder's apron (sheds lead away from the tops of the boots), and a pink fez. Ok, I made that last part up, it wasn't really a fez, it was a t-shirt sleeve worn on my head to keep sweat and hair out of my face, and the way I wore it it kinda looked like one. The only shirt I could afford to cannabalize for the purpose happened to be a pink one some girl left behind. Had to cast about once every two-three weeks to feed my range habit, but I only cast a couple hundred at a time, that ladling got old quick.

Gear

[DrB]

Hey, that's kindof like a stephen king novel, Gear -- you know, one of those horrible images of something you've never actually seen, that nonetheless you'll never be able to get out of your mind.

[JOptionPane]

i cast late at night when the kids and neighbor are asleep and it is a lot cooler here in New Mexico.

[Canuck Bob]

Well you know the Canadian take on global warming, what is taking so long!

I too returned to shooting and the old love sure came roaring back.

Here our nights are always cool. We are close enough to the Rockies and high enough that when the sun drops so does the temperature.

Still I'm a night owl and enjoy my late night puttering in the my garage shop. Sure helps a guy stay sane in an insane world. I'm also the local nut who checks strangers out late night with a flashlight and a short chat, strangers hate it, neighbors love it, go figure.

[Down South]

We've had a pretty hot summer in Indiana. I do my casting in a 10x14 utility barn that only has one window. Because of this I've been casting boolits late at night. Even with a fan going and the door open, it's just too hot to cast when wearing long sleeves and gloves. Last night I fired up the lead pot after 2am and was out there until 4am. Does anybody else do this or am I the only one?

Not me. I wait on cooler weather to cast but that's just me.............

[treadhead1952]

Livin' in Las Vegas, it's pretty much a given that if it isn't January or February, it's hot! At night, cool is 95 degrees. Since I am a crusty old batchelor I can cast in the kitchen under the vent hood with a steel sheet over the burners, a tempered glass at the back and the AC blowin' a breeze. The girl friend has been warned to disturb me when I am in the throws of boolit casting Nirvana in the past so she knows. Most of the time, I just cast when she is not around though.

Long Cuff Leather Welding Gloves, Safety Glasses. long pants, and leather boots is the only way to fly. I value all my parts far too much to want to contend with frying them, burning them off, or any sort of casting related damage.

[DLCTEX]

My man cave has air conditioning and is well insulated. A small window unit keeps it comfortable, and on the energy saver setting keeps the temp to a max of 80 degrees when I'm not there. If I didn't have a window I'd cut a hole in the wall to fit one in.

[HATCH]

I do all my casting and loading in the spring and fall.
I have only been out to the cave 3 times so far this summer and only once was to load boolits.
I upgraded my PC out there and swapped the monitor for a LCD tv that the computer can hook up to.
I am thinking about building a little greenhouse wall (2x4s with plastic) around my bench area and putting in a window unit.
My shop is 20x20 but I really just use a 1/3 of the space for reloading/casting.

[leadman]

I smelted about 800 or 900 pounds of lead in the last 2 days. The temperature had dipped a little here in Phoenix to around 108', but it still seemed hot! I had the burner set right outside the garage door so I was in the shade but my face still got burnt from the reflection off the pot I think. The shiny lead would almost blind me when I turned toward the inside of the garage.

I do have a swamp cooler in the garage but with the humidity up it isn't cooling very well. In the morning need to do some casting so hope to be up by 5 am.

[PhilB]

I'm also the local nut who checks strangers out late night with a flashlight and a short chat, strangers hate it, neighbors love it, go figure.

I live in a rural area so late night strangers are checked out with a 9mm in my pocket. Late night strangers around my home either mean car trouble or somebody up to no good. If they have car trouble, I help them out.

[mcyrier]

It's hot here in Texas and with my stockpile of boolits getting low, I had to fire up the pot inspite of the heat. With 3000 new 200 gr SWC, I'm ready to go for another 3 months.

[montana_charlie]

Two AM, inside my travel trailer on the gas stove with the vent-hood going, wearing nothing but my skivvies, boots, a leather welder's apron (sheds lead away from the tops of the boots), and a pink fez.

Reminds me of an old post on a similar topic ...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?p=188713

[geargnasher]

Gawd, Charlie, I said skivvies, not a thong! Now I really have to go gouge out my mind's eye!

I cast in my drawers during the hot months for almost two years before getting smart and buying a house with air conditioning. It DOES make you a careful caster, even with the apron. I wish I'd known the thong would impress queen Galena into blessing your smelt on a full moon, there was a time before finding all the knowledge of this forum when I would have tried it.

There was another thread involving discussion of wearing Bullwinkle the Moose antlers and a tee shirt that says "the tinsel fairy sucks", but that's another story, right Al?

Gear

[Lizard333]

Gawd, Charlie, I said skivvies, not a thong! Now I really have to go gouge out my mind's eye!

I cast in my drawers during the hot months for almost two years before getting smart and buying a house with air conditioning. It DOES make you a careful caster, even with the apron. I wish I'd known the thong would impress queen Galena into blessing your smelt on a full moon, there was a time before finding all the knowledge of this forum when I would have tried it.

There was another thread involving discussion of wearing Bullwinkle the Moose antlers and a tee shirt that says "the tinsel fairy sucks", but that's another story, right Al?

Gear

Thong?!, I thought they said they were casting in the full nude??

[mac1911]

from 9pm till midnight is the only time "I" have "Me" time the wife is off to work and kids are down...

[63 Shiloh]

I can certainly relate to scorching summers. We had an unusually humid one last summer too.

I am casting now, winter here at the moment.

Gear's description of a sweat rag around the head is exactly how I cast in summer. Found out that sweat on top of a melt does not result in a tinsel fairy visit, it just sizzles on top.

Hope it cools down for you blokes soon.


Mike

[PhilB]

I can certainly relate to scorching summers. We had an unusually humid one last summer too.

I am casting now, winter here at the moment.

Gear's description of a sweat rag around the head is exactly how I cast in summer. Found out that sweat on top of a melt does not result in a tinsel fairy visit, it just sizzles on top.

Hope it cools down for you blokes soon.


Mike

It won't be too many more months you will read posts where we will complain about it being too cold. I hate it when it's cold enough that the snow squeaks when you walk on it.

[63 Shiloh]

It won't be too many more months you will read posts where we will complain about it being too cold. I hate it when it's cold enough that the snow squeaks when you walk on it.

Snow ??????

What is that stuff ??




Mike